[PennysMum]

In five years so far of working at vet practices, I have seen at least 20 dogs with no vaccinations with parvo. I have seen *no* fully vaccinated dogs with parvo. I've seen several non-vaccinated animals develop distemper... and no vaccinated animals with distemper. I've seen one animal go into true anaphylaxis following a vaccination, and I've seen one animal develop a cancerous mass near a vaccination site-- neither of which turned out to be fatal incidents, though they possibly could have been. This is out of god only knows how many thousands of vaccinations I've seen given and have given myself.

Bad things can happen with vaccines, but worse things happen more often without them. If a dog has allergic reactions to vaccines and a benedryl beforehand isn't enough to prevent the reaction, then that is a reason to consider not giving the vaccine. But I have a really hard time reconciling what I've SEEN happen with claims that dogs that don't have adverse reactions don't NEED vaccines. Having to hold animals while they're euthanized because they contracted an illness that could have easily been prevented with three $18 vaccines really sucks.